Welcome to the Festival Week August 3-7!
Welcome the Festival Week of Yiddish Summer Weimar 2021! You'll find great variety and many opportunities to participate in our daytime program, and an evening concert series presenting the most exciting Yiddish music in the world today. We hope to see you soon in Weimar!
Concerts
Tue, Aug 3, ’21 07:30 PM @Herderplatz (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
YSW Wandering Stars Song Project A celebration of traditional and New Yiddish Song
Wed, Aug 4, ’21 7:30 PM @Herderplatz (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
YSW Wandering Stars Traditional Klezmer & New Yiddish Music Projects
New worlds of almost-forgotten klezmer music
Thu, Aug 5, ’21 7:30 PM @Sommertheater am e-werk weimar (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
Halva Cutting-edge original klezmer & Southeast European music
Fri, Aug 6, ’21 7:30 PM @Sommertheater am e-werk weimar (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
Caravan Orchestra & Choir Haifa <> Weimar
Sat, Aug 7, ’21 7:30 PM @Sommertheater am e-werk weimar (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
The Klezmatics Living Legends of Klezmer Music
Daily Schedule Aug 3–7
09:00-09:45 AM @Green Laboratory, Ilmpark Weimar
A gut morgn Informal social start of the day
10:00-11:00 AM @Green Laboratory, Ilmpark Weimar
900 Years of Jewish Life in Thuringia
Jewish experience in Thuringia
11:30 AM-12:30 PM @Green Laboratory, Ilmpark Weimar
Lomir shpiln
Guided, low-stress klezmer jam for all instrumentalists
01:00-02:00 @Grünes Labor, Ilmpark Weimar
Meet the Artist
Candid interviews with YSW Artists
03:30-04:30 PM @Courtyard of the Volkshochschule Weimar
Lomir zingen
Guided, low-stress Yiddish sing-along
05:00-06:15 PM @Courtyard of the Volkshochschule Weimar
The World of Kiselgof & Makonovetsky
Online lecture series